News: MEMORIES OF MURDER Coming to the Small Screen

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By Pierce Conran It looks like Snowpiercer isn't the only Bong Joon-ho film getting the remake treatment . I don't normally cover T... Continue reading →

News: All Aboard! SNOWPIERCER Spoof Coming This Year

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By Pierce Conran The most well known Korean film of the last few years is coming back to screens, reimagined as an erotic parody. Bong Man-... Continue reading →

News: Bong Joon-ho to Sit on Berlinale International Jury

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By Pierce Conran The Berlin International Film Festival just held a press conference to announced the full jury for the international compet... Continue reading →

Busan 2014 Review: The Vengeful Ripples of Bong Joon Ho’s MOTHER

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Originally part of MKC's  Revenge Week  (July 8-14, 2013), this article is reposted in light of its new B&W print being screened at ... Continue reading →

Busan 2014 Review: Bleak and Gripping, HAEMOO Prizes Character over Spectacle

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 19th Busan International Film Festival By Pierce Conran To date, the summer of 2014 has seen the majority ... Continue reading →

Review: Bleak And Gripping, HAEMOO Prizes Character Over Spectacle

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By Pierce Conran To date, the summer of 2014 has seen the majority of mainstream Korean films fall into either of two categories: the noir t... Continue reading →

Berlinale 2014 Review: Bong Joon-ho's SNOWPIERCER Delivers the Goods

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival. By Pierce Conran Cinema is a medium of motion and if anyone unde... Continue reading →

News: SNOWPIERCER Stays Uncut but Release Downsized

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By Pierce Conran Deadline has just broken the news that Bong Joon-ho and The Weinstein Company have finally reached on agreement on Snowpie... Continue reading →

Jeffrey Katzenberg and Dreamworks Prepping Korean-Style Animation?

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It’s no secret that South Korea has for the last few decades been a wellspring for foreign animators to outsource their grunt work to, the m... Continue reading →

Korean Box Office: Hide and Seek Ekes Out Another First Place (08/23-08/25, 2013)

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In the last weekend before many schools start their new terms, business had a last hurrah with 3.24 million tickets sold over the frame, app... Continue reading →

Korean Box Office: Snowpiercer on Track as It Leads Biggest Weekend in Korean Film History

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This first weekend in August is always a busy time in Korea and though this one was poised to post massive figures, few could have foreseen ... Continue reading →

Review: Bong Joon-ho's Snowpiercer Delivers the Goods

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Cinema is a medium of motion and if anyone understands this, it appears to be Bong Joon-ho, whose visionary new work is a demented and stunn... Continue reading →

Revenge Week: The Vengeful Ripples of Bong Joon-ho’s Mother

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Part of MKC's  Revenge Week  (July 8-14, 2013). Outside of a few clear candidates, pinpointing revenge films isn’t quite as easy as it s... Continue reading →

Bong Joon-ho to Set Sail as Producer with Sea Fog, Song Joong-ki in Talks to Star

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We're all eagerly anticipating Bong Joon-ho's post-apocalyptic sci-fi opus Snowpiercer but while we wait for him to put the finishi... Continue reading →